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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Scale
Capriccio
Mezzo
Overture
2. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Serenade
Fermata
Triplet
Theme
3. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Tuning
Falsetto
Concert master
4. A direction to play lively and fast.
Atonal
Elegy
Allegro
Quartet
5. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Vivace
Beat
Concerto
Recapitulation
6. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
System
Conductor
Slide
7. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Septet
Madrigal
Theme
Relative pitch
8. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Natural
Part
Leitmotif
Carol
9. Sliding between two notes.
Slur
Exposition
Glissando
Quadrille
10. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Ensemble
Sonata
Elegy
Interpretation
11. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Relative pitch
Libretto
EnharmonicInterval
12. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Register
Galliard
Notation
Partial
13. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Cadenza
Duet
EnharmonicInterval
Recitative
14. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Rubato
Mezzo
Forte
15. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Development
Whole-tone scale
Polytonality
Treble
16. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Interpretation
Orchestration
Cadenza
17. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rigaudon
Concert master
Measure
Symphony
18. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Progression
Atonal
Scale
Polytonality
19. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Time Signature
Septet
Rococo
Chord progression
20. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Ligature
Virtuoso
Nonet
Reprise
21. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Movement
Rhythm
Medley
Clavier
22. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Serenade
Tessitura
Form
Major
23. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Medley
Interval
Energico
Piano
24. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Key
Theme
Finale
25. Suite of Baroque dances.
Suite
Partita
Grazioso
Triplet
26. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Chord progression
Partial
Overture
Relative pitch
27. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Monotone
Ornaments
Tune
Chorale
28. Indicating speed.
Etude
Sextet
Tempo
Voice
29. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Consonance
String Quartet
Round
Deceptive cadence
30. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Chromatic scale
Flat
Cadence
Whole-tone scale
31. A short light musical drama.
Obbligato
Recapitulation
Rondo
Operetta
32. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Sonata
Round
Whole-tone scale
Counterpoint
33. A composition written for eight instruments.
Glissando
Opera
Octet
Slide
34. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Flat
Orchestration
Oratorio
Slide
35. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Octave
Grandioso
Motif
Leading note
36. The highest female voice.
Harmony
Soprano
Slide
Falsetto
37. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Chord progression
Minor
Neoclassical
38. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Cadence
Pastoral
System
Virtuoso
39. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Voice
Intermezzo
System
Tutti
40. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Choir
Reprise
Quartet
Intonation
41. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Partial
Finale
Whole note
Cadenza
42. The structure of a piece of music.
Polyphony
Form
March
Atonal
43. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Natural
Theme
Presto
44. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Whole note
String Quartet
Phrase
Staccato
45. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Atonal
Soprano
Trill
Elegy
46. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Presto
Twelve-tone music
Accessible
Cantabile
47. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Pastoral
Intonation
Beat
Canon
48. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Introduction
Chant
Modulation
Relative pitch
49. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Sonata form
Consonance
Recitative
Minor
50. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Medley
Harmony
Chord progression